Deuteronomy 13:15:3Deut.13.15.W3TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:16
אֵת־יֹשְׁבֵי
etyoshvei
“the inhabitants”
- Transliteration
- ET-YO-shvei
- Extended
- EET-YOH-shveh-ee
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.joʃˈveː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the inhabitants
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ET-YO-shvei
- sentence
ha-KEH ta-KEH ET-YO-shvei ha-IR ha-HU ha-HI le-FI-KHA-rev ha-kha-REM o-TAH ve-ET-KOL-a-SHER-VAH ve-ET-be-hem-TAH le-FI-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} precedes the participle et-yoshvei {אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵי | ʾet-yō-šə-ḇê}, specifying the inhabitants.
Root and etymology
y-š-b
“dwell, inhabit”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:15
You must surely strike down the inhabitants of that city by the sword and utterly destroy the city by the ban , including all that is in it and its livestock.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 13:15, so the Hebrew word אֵת־יֹשְׁבֵי (etyoshvei) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.13.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.15.W3.S1) and character.